To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
To begin; to start.
One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.
A new member of an organization.
One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
To scrape as if with a razor.
To demolish; to level to the ground.
A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.